The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-01

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and naturally rose and white" replied
the hermit.
Eyes, father"
."All right. know where you will
meet with such girl. She lives in 8
garden not very far from here with hei
father who is an ogre, and her fairy
OF a mother. In the midst OF that gar.
den is an orange tree covered with lus-
clous fruits. You will take one and
say: Are you thirstyP Then beauti'
full girl will appear and ask you for
water. Give her none, but take her in
your arms and run for the gate.
When you will have passed it she will
be thirsty no longer. She Is the wo-
man who shall become your bTpther' s
wife, Her father. whose name is
Touchmcnot. is exceedingly ugly. He
has head the size of a pumpkin, two
green eyes rs large as saucer. and q
neck like bull. lie is seven feet tall,
feroclous, suspicious, malicious and
cruel. You know your man now.
What do you intend to doP"
"lf you will show me the road to
that garden" answered Lu'dgi, IL
will go, take the orange and bring a
wife to my brother"
"You are n brave soul" replied the
old man. Tomorrow morning will
accompany you to the place where the
girl is detained
So the next day they went to the
| garden. and the hermit had already a
leg over the wall. when all of sudden
Touchmenot, who was watching the
pair, seized the trespasser and ran
toward his house, holding the holy
man fast. Arriving in his kitchen. the
brute put him in a bag, whose mouth
he tied with strong rope, and threw
it under the table. This done, he re-
turned TO see if he could not catch the
Corsican also, but Luidigi has vanished.
and seeing nobody lettering around, he
tree with which he intended to beat
the hermit 10 death
IL is a well known fact that Cor
scan never deserts friend in trouble.
Ii is equally true that he never deserts
an enemy, 10 whom he returns tooth
for tooth and eye for eye Uou cannot
blame him for that. ms il is due to his
generous naturc) so Luidgi had watch
ed the gongs and doings of Touchme-
not and when he saw the ogre leaving
the house he fastened to the hcrmits I
rescue. He climed an olive tree, and
from there he jumped into room |
whose windows were open; his COM
panion was not in the room; he visited
ing his man; finally, he arrived in the
kitchen, calling Father! Father! are
you herep" A voice answered. Yes,
/ am in this bag under the liable; take
me out, for Gods sake" Luidgi drew
the bag, united it. and the hermit
emerged from his uncomfortable abode.
LET us run as fast as our legs can
carry u.s." said he to his savior. II am
all trembling with fear" added he.
"Wait n moment, father | must
play trick on that brigand." And.
Ludgi began to gather all the china.
ware of Touchmenot, which he put in
the bag, together with two bottles of
wine and the ogre's dog; when that
was done he tied up the bag and replac-
ed it under the table, and the Corsican
with his friend. hid themselves TO see
what Touchmenot would do.
When the fellow returned he closed
The door. as he did not want to be dis
Iurbed in his work; be removed his
coat, tucked up his shirt sleeves, drag.
red out the bag and took the stick that
ne had cut in the forest. How do you
10 in your canvas. you old scoundrel"
said he, ironically (he thought the her.
nit was still in the bag). "Ah! you
10 not answer, you would-be child steal
n. Very well, take that ~ and he dis
charged violent blow on the bag, thus
breaking quite a number of costly
plates and saucers. "How your bones
ire cracking. old hypocrite - and an
,ther blow, that smashed the two bot {
les of wine, was given to the bag; the $
,laret poured out and Redeemed the
loor. Touchmenot redoublcd his !
flows, and cried, "Do YOU see how G
much blood that aged thief had in his
'einsP" and another stroke that he I
rave with all his might was followed $
" a frightful bowling; the ogre had {
Tiled his dog. What! you have lost
o much blood and yet YOU have the
trength to howl like that Catch that
nd that, and that Furiously he :.
&c struck the bag again and again.
When he thought the hermit dead. he d
pened the bag and saw his crockery h
II broken and his dog pounded to Jelly.
lie was so frightened that he made a /,
lean jump through the window, fell in ;,
he yard. and broke his neck. !.
When Luidgi saw that the ogre was
cad. he and the hermit left their hid
ig place and went into the garden. The Q
'orsican took an orange and said: